Professor McGonagall finally said quietly, "We've found him."
By now, everyone knew who "him" meant.
After all, the uproar outside still had not died down.
"Where is he?" Lupin was the first to ask.
"Follow me," Black said, walking to the front of the professors.
"Black said he's currently hiding in a secret passage..."
"He doesn't know yet that we've learned the truth, so he'll definitely be very wary of us."
"So... everyone still needs to be careful..."
Professor McGonagall warned them.
In truth, she had already phrased it very tactfully.
There was one unpleasant thing Professor McGonagall could not quite bring herself to say.
That was that although Sirius Black had been wronged, after all... was the mental state of someone who had been unjustly imprisoned in Azkaban for more than ten years truly stable?
If he had lost his mind, there was still a very real chance he might attack his own people.
That was why she warned everyone to be careful.
Before long, everyone arrived on a staircase on the second floor of the main building.
Black came to the corner of the stairs.
At the corner stood a suit of full-body armor polished to a shine by the House-elves.
The moment Lupin saw that suit of armor, something stirred in his heart.
He immediately remembered the secret passage behind the armor...
Back then, he and James had explored all of Hogwarts together.
They basically knew every secret passage in Hogwarts like the backs of their hands.
The Marauders knew even more secret passages than Filch!
Otherwise, they could never have created a magical item like the Marauder's Map.
"Black, wait," Lupin said.
"Professor?" Black looked at him in confusion.
Lupin let out a long breath, then said, "Let me do it."
"All right." Black somewhat